INFO: Sólrún, María, Edda and Hildur, four Icelandic women in their mid twenties collectively known as amiina first decided they wanted to write music together in 2004. They gathered together every last instrument they could find and piled them into their car. They then filled every available bit of space with food. This, they maintain, was a very, very important part of the process.

INFO: Misha are Ashley Yao and John Chao. The two have crossed paths since their childhood days in Taipei, but each time, circumstances caused them to move, wandering the world (here in Hong Kong, there in Paris) until they met again after college in New York. Two years after their debut on the highly respected Alphabet-Singles-Series on Tomlab, the Asian/American duo now presents their first longplayer "Teardrop Sweetheart" a cycle of happy/sad love songs with a new take on an old pleasure: the classic pop album. Walking the line between traditional songwriting and modern musicmaking, settings of grandeur and intimate doubts, Ash and John make little big things, imagining a dimestore Joseph Cornell, Buster Keaton with holes in his shoes.

LABEL: Coco ArtINFO: any road trips start out with a mix tape in the cassette player. This trip would be based on making such a compilation, city by city, with musicians and friends they loved and respected, all along the way. Thus, Coyote Bones was born. The trip began in Athens, GA., the town where both Matysiak and Brown went to college. They recorded the first three songs (39 Forever, Lightweights Drinking, Grand Eclipse) with Andy Lemaster at Chase Park Transduc tions, and then set out on the road.

INFO: "For brothers Ryan & Hays Holladay, the craft of songwriting has always been closely linked with that of recording. From their earliest days of musical collaboration in elementary school, they employed computers and tape machines to not only document their songs but to begin sculpting their sound. A sound that could be called a distant relative to pop music. A sound that would later become the musical foundation for The Epochs (pronounced ee-poks). The two continued to write and record together after moving to New York City.

INFO: Domino are proud to announce the release of ‘Tromatic Reflexxions’, the debut album from Von Sudenfed, on Monday the 21st of May 2007. Von Sudenfed are a trio formed by Andi Toma and Jan St Werner from Mouse On Mars and The Fall’s brilliant, anarchic frontman Mark E. Smith.‘Tromatic Reflexxions’ combines the genre-smashing attack of early-millennia club music with Mark E. Smith’s free-associating visionary wordplay

LABEL: Mill Pond RecordsINFO: The Thieves of Kailua, is your Island masterpiece and mine. A half-hour of Paradise. Audio Sunshine. Your Musical getaway. Sol Music. The Island Adventure Album. Beach Vortex. It was dropped almost all at once onto Jason Holstrom's ukulele and head a few years ago in Hawaii and now it's ready for your love. Written, performed and produced by Holstrom, It's been recently completed and is slated to be released in February 2007 the good mates at Mill Pond Records. ..This profile was edited with

INFO: Starlight Mints are a group of beautiful pop mutants: four oddballs whose love for archetypal pop music and AM radio has provided a rock-solid foundation for a whole bunch of inspired weirdness. Allan Vest (vocals/guitar), Marian Love Nunez (keyboards), Javier Gonzales (bass), and Andy Nunez (drums) began jamming together in the '90s, giving birth to their own funky brand of heavily instrumental, surrealistically worded pop sound. Maybe you could call it bubblegum psych. It all adds up to something very grand: one marvelous piece of orchestrated, catchy surrealism after another. The band has released two previous albums, the dream that stuff was made of (2000), and built on squares (2003), combining classic string arrangements, cheeky boyish vocals, and a feel good vibe to bring a glossy, fresh sound to indie rock.read more from the source...

ALBUM: In Loving Memory Of...FILE UNDER: Rock / Experimental / SoulLABEL: Roc A Shit RecordsINFO: . The Self-Righteous Brothers are a rock three-piece of multi-instrumentalists that pride themselves on deftly switching from a harmony heavy rock trio to a multi-member group featuring the banjo, glockenspiel, and horn section. Founded in winter of 2003 by a sudden bolt of lightening that hailed down from the heavens, the SRB's immediately saw that it was good, and began working feverously to please the Gods that had created them...

INFO: he Clutters grew organically out of a garage in Nashville, TN. Their sound is vintage, hooky, and more than anything, fun. On their second long-player, The Clutters sound like a polished 70's rock 'n' roll act-- poised to rock your face off or destroy a hotel room. Like Tennessee colleagues Kings of Leon, The Clutters produce raucous and catchy tunes appropriate for running from the cops, bar fighting, breaking out of jail, or similar illicit activity. Thunderous guitar and drums are bolstered by controlled-angst vocals. Antique keyboard sounds outline hooky melodies. The raw, country-tinged tracks on Don't Believe A Word will undoubtedly be the most fun listening experience you've had in ages. Any critic who has recently etched the words "rock 'n' roll is dead" has yet to hear the classic sound of The Clutters.

INFO: Since more than 12 years now,The Timewriter aka Jean F. Cochois is respected as one of the top producers within the international House scene. His trademark style can be characterised by his dense and atmospheric sound which based on sophisticated musicality and thoughtful profundity goes far beyond dancefloors and mere entertainment. Take UK Muzik magazine's judgement as a good measure: "This is real 21st century soul music, overflowing with magic". Under various pseudonyms, the best known of which is The Timewriter, he has been releasing 12inches and artist albums on such renowned labels as PlasticCity, Mole Listening Pearls, Elektrolux and American labels such as Wave Music, Driftwood, and Fiji.read more from the source...

INFO: Originally from DetroitMichigan, Jean-Paul Bondy aka. VOLUM (of legendary electro duo Volsoc) began his music career at the early age of nine, when he started playing acoustic drums. At age eleven he began to expirement with synthesizers. Electronic music became a permanent fixture in his life by the age of thirteen in 1984, four years later after picking up the acoustic drums, he left them behind for the first electronic kit he found available on the market. He enjoyed playing in New Wave, Industrial and Techno Bands while located in Motorcity-Detroit. He continued to do so until 1990, when he started working as a VJ for one of Detroit's Techno Clubs and at this same point began djing HipHop.

INFO: He is from Weilheim, and he used to play guitar and sing in Martin Gretschmann’s veryfirst band “Toxic“ – today, the man on the Korg MS10 in Console’s live band is one of the most popular tech-house djs from southern Germany.Axel Fischer aka FC Shuttle not only djs after Console shows throughout Europe but isalso a resident dj in two of Munich’s hippest clubs: in Harry Klein and Registratur.Before that, he used to be behind the decks in the legendary Ultraschall Club –mostly together with Hometrainer (the electronic act of Console live band’s bassplayer Michael Schwaiger). Their claim to fame: Hometrainer plays live and FCShuttle mixes into the live set from the decks. Hometrainer takes over again usingthe beats from the Shuttle mix and rocks on. Fucking brilliant! Ask the crowdat Nitsa/Barcelona, Batofar/Paris, or Rohstofflager/Zürich. Fantastic! Anyone whotouches down at a night with FC Shuttle can expect poppy, minimal tech-house.80´s-like Zoot Woman vocals flash through the fog, a tiny acid attack hisses:aciiiiiiiiiiiiid!

Phonique mostly works with Alex Krüger (Dub Taylor / Korsakow / Tigerskin) for his productions/remixes, but from time to time he is cooperating with other artists or musicians like Steve Bug, David Duriez & Phil Weeks, Martin Landsky or Meitz. 2006 has been also been a quite successful year as Phonique came up to some exquisite releases on very well repsected labels from the like of Four Music‘s Fine., Moodmusic, Simple Records and Tiefschwarz‘s young and fresh Souvenir, next to his homebase Dessous Recordings. In January 2007, he launched „Ladies & Gentlemen“ his own, new and special label for well selected discoid, but still underground sound of House with pop-appeal and a special touch of je-ne-sais-quoi. On the new label he will present his best discoveries from various destinations. Right now, besides labelwork, playing a busy tour schedule from Tokyo to St.Petersburg and everywhere in between, Phonique is to release „Good Idea“, the follow up longplayer to groundbreaking „identification“ in May 2007. Already being recognized internationally as one of the leading forces behind deep and forward thinking club music and commercial productions alike, this one will take it to the next level.

Domino are proud to announce the release of ‘Tromatic Reflexxions’, the debut album from Von Sudenfed, on Monday the 21st of May 2007. Von Sudenfed are a trio formed by Andi Toma and Jan St Werner from Mouse On Mars and The Fall’s brilliant, anarchic frontman Mark E. Smith.‘Tromatic Reflexxions’ combines the genre-smashing attack of early-millennia club music with Mark E. Smith’s free-associating visionary wordplay.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

INFO: The Projetct Guitar is dedicated to the sound of the guitar. Until now Lueckner released: “Sunkissed” (My Bloody Valentine- Hommage on Morr Music, 2003), the Japan-only-album "Honeysky" (Interpretation of Country guitars and Bluegrass Banjo Hilibilly attacks, Third Ear 2004), “Saltykisses” (even more shoegazer, Third Ear 2006) and "Tokyo" (with the sound of Koto and Pipa guitars – a homage to Tokyo, onitor 2006).And now “Dealin with Signal + Noise“. Lueckner keeps on going with his recently, new open working attitude. On 4 tracks of the album he cooperates with the Japanese Singer Ayako Akashiba (who also worked with him on all recent Guitar albums), and on 3 tracks he worked with the American guitar band Voyager One (Seattle). Its obvious what this means: With his new album, Guitar is going back more in the direction of psychdelic guitar-sound. Or better said: This is a Sea of Sound. The Sound-Sea is wilder again, something really heavy – but between the storm of noise and feedback you could always hear the sirenes. But don´t be afraid, the fishers around will not be killed and nobody will get fixed to the boat. This storm will end in a good way. And this message is coming from someone who knows very well that life without storms is not worth a penny.

INFO: Born in Taiwan R.O.C. to rocket scientist father and kindergarten teacher mother, David Wang (a.k.a. Mochipet) did not get his start in music until the age of 15, when the urge of metal guitar overtook him in Livermore California. Rocking through a set of 2” speakers and a cheap stiletto six-string, David Wang conjured up the forces which began his music adventure.

INFO: I'm a deejay and producer who makes music under the name Deejay OM. I love music, art, cooking (vegetarian and vegan delights!), yoga, meditation, fashion, movies, and much much more... I am currently affiliated with the following labels/crew:

INFO: There are 365 nights a year, and on roughly 1/3 of them, somewhere across North America, you will find a modern day social mosh pit of head-nodders & head-bangers, freaks & ex-ravers, hippies & hipsters, dub reggae heads, artists, fashion experimentalists, social activists, and hip-hop enthusiasts; all packed into one steamy room of grinding, orgiastic expression and musical experimentation known as a bass ritual; or more precisely, a night with Bassnectar.

INFO: A Touch of Class is the remix duo the world's been waiting for. Known for taking electro-chances since the late '90s, Oliver Stumm and Domie Clausen have made clubs cry with infectious reinterpretations of everyone from Services to The Gossip to Le Tigre. The duo's latest offering, A Touch of Class Still Sucks!, is another collection of electro-slappers that has clubs on their heels.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

LABEL: noneINFO: Just over one year has gone by for Minneapolis band A Verse Unsung. Between gigging and recording with Grammy winning producer Steve Hodge they have reached an exciting point for any evolving young band. Over 500 EPs sold and over 5,000 fans on ‘Myspace’ AVU has their hands dirty and ready for more.

INFO: Songwriter Jon Bernson has relatives who are fossil hunters by trade. At his day job, he teaches DJ's how to sample and dig for vinyl. He named Ray's Vast Basement after an imaginary cave and made two albums about its' 100 million year history. The list goes on. He has an eye for unrealized possibilities from the past and keeps a machine in the cave to translate them into musical predictions.

The latest eureka began when the Actors Theatre of San Francisco asked Bernson to write and perform music for John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men'. Three months later, he had a songtrack in place that gave voice to characters from across the Steinbeck catalogue and staked out a new forecast for Ray's Vast Basement. Over the next sixteen weeks, the band performed their cinematic folk to pin-drop audiences and seismic applause.

When the show closed, a natural momentum carried them into the studio. Songs were recorded, but before the album could be finished, their studio flooded. Though the tapes remained dry, few instruments were spared. A year later, the studio rebuilt, Ray's Vast Basement returned with a backlog of sonic ideas. Only the best tracks were kept, new parts emerged, a process of emotional archaeology began that unearthed layer after layer of music.

The result is a blend of obsessive songsmithing, acoustic rhythm loops, vivid melodies, kaleidoscope vocals, off-kilter arrangements and odd soundscapes. Folkish experiments appear throughout the album, beside unrepeatable live moments and patient studio soundcraft. 'Starvation Under Orange Trees' still contains the refugees of Steinbeck's shantytowns, but reincarnated in dustbowls of the future..

LABEL: noneINFO: Anyone who is familiar with Oakland based wunderband The Lovemakers already knows a little bit about Trevor Childs. Before The Lovemakers, Scott Blonde had a band called Applesaucer, which was led by Blonde and co-songwriter Trevor Childs. Applesaucer was well known in the Bay Area for its huge live sound and ripping live shows, and before its untimely demise played regular gigs at Slim's, The Fillmore, and other respected Bay Area venues.

INFO: iLiKETRAiNS welcome in 2007 with a spectacular nine and half minute release, reciting the story of the only successful assassination of a British Prime Minister, 'Spencer Perceval', in 1812. The song is written from the perspective of murderer John Bellingham whilst the accompanying track, 'I am Murdered', is sung from that of Spencer himself. Both tracks were produced by the band late 2006 in the first recording session for their forthcoming debut album. 'Spencer Perceval' is a colossal and beautiful piece of music, setting out the stall for this strangely unique band in the year to come.

INFO: Crisp, polished, and incisive in a Neil Finn-ish sort of way, "We Are Waves" alternates itchy, restrained verses with a gorgeous, crashing-to-the-shore sort of chorus. And yet--if I may stretch the metaphor to the breaking point, as it were--much the way a crashing wave is simultaneously composed of the water being pulled back to sea, so do I hear in the chorus an engaging sort of counter-movement that gives the song extra depth and presence. What I'm talking about in particular is the way the chorus leads with a straightforward A major chord but then, even as the melody takes that engaging leap up, from the fourth to the seventh note (0:56), the chords retreat from the plain power chords one might expect into something more complex (perhaps suspended?; listen at 0:58, on the words "open sea"); listen further to how the chords take two more unexpected steps before finding A major again. The chorus might have been blandly catchier without the subtle complications, but it's richer and more gratifying with them.

INFO: The Lodger was born in Ben Siddall’s Leeds bedsit flat. He was making demos on his PC and playing them to whoever happened to pop round for a cup of tea. Once he had three songs, he burnt a CD of them and it was quickly passed around Leeds folk.

ARTIST / BAND: SHOUT OUT LOUDSSONG (MP3): TONIGHT I HAVE TO LEAVE ITALBUM: Tonight I Have to Leave ItFILE UNDER: AlternativeLABEL: Merge

INFO: he band's original name was Luca Brasi but changed their name when they found out that another band had already used the name. All members have been friends since they were young. The band has toured extensively throughout the world in support of their debut album Howl Howl Gaff Gaff. Their second album, Our Ill Wills, has been released in Sweden and is set to debut in North American on September 11th. They have also released several videos from their various singles, the majority of which were featured on either TV Guide's "M-Vids" or AOL's Music on Demand services.

INFO: With a history of stellar, no-filler records, Spoon has somehow topped themselves with Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, a consistently thrilling album recorded throughout 2006 in Austin by the band and Mike McCarthy (except "The Underdog," recorded in Los Angeles with Jon Brion). Spoon have been together over a decade, with one of the most unusual trajectories of any band in recent memory-and one of the best and most unique songwriters in the world. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga starts with "Don't Make Me a Target," a song that builds on Spoon's familiar minimal rhythmic piano/guitar vamp popularized on earlier Spoon hits like "Small Stakes" or "The Way We Get By."

INFO: Porcupine Tree is unquestionably one of the most difficult-to-categorize and innovative bands working today. The music is breathtaking, ranging from psychedelic trip-hop to progressive metal, and a compendium of other sounds and genres in between.

INFO: Kelly Willis, named by NPR as “alternative country’s golden goddess,” returns after five years with the much-anticipated Translated From Love. The album is the follow-up to the acclaimed Easy (2002), of which Rolling Stone said, “Kelly Willis’ sweet, burnished voice practically spells heartache... Willis drapes her yearning voice over the tough but funny lyrics...” Rykodisc will release the new album on June 26. Produced by long-time collaborator Chuck Prophet, Translated From Love is Willis’ most adventurous album to date. Prophet says of Willis, “She’s one of those singers who can make a track come alive..

INFO: They are brothers from another mother and willing to shed blood for family.Nearly eight months straight on the road, criss-crossing the US and jetting back and forth to Europe, The Aggrolites are one of the world’s hardest working bands and with serious talent to boot.

Friday, June 15, 2007

INFO: What do you do when you feel like you're surrounded by darkness and demons? Some pull up the covers and hide, but not The Polyphonic Spree. Their exciting new album, The Fragile Army, is an exuberant and passionate explosion that finds the Dallas-based symphonic rock group joyfully raging against the dying of the light with newfound zeal. "We were going in a high-energy direction, because that's the way we are in our live show," declares co-leader/songwriter Tim DeLaughter. "I think that this album is the one that best captures the Spree live experience." The band's other leader/songwriter, Julie Doyle, is equally excited about their third LP.

INFO: Gossip is young + full of white heat. We have existed for 5 years. We are a punk band consisting of three humans. We are interested in art, crime, politics, food, change, the underground, dancing, fashion, style, substance, taste, despair, desire, subversive individuals and movements. We will nvr die + we will nvr diet. This is life dedikation to our aktion. We are from Arkansas a.k.a. "thee deep south" aka "dirt jail".

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

INFO: A Northern Chorus - The millions too many A Northern Chorus is: Stuart Livingstone (guitar & vocals), Pete Hall (guitar &vocals), Alex McMaster (cello & vocals), Erin Aurich (violin), Owen Davies(bass), & Craig Halliday (percussion) There is something to be said about life under the mainstream radar. It lends a unique kind of freedom to the creative process. Granted, the constant financial struggle can feel like a huge weight sometimes, but then, that's not why we’re doing this. When we released 'Before we all go to pieces' back in 2001, we really had no expectations.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

INFO: Like the deadly scorpion of the album's cover, The Budos Band's second release, The Budos Band II, creeps stealthily over the hot desert sand. It is with unmistakable purpose that each beat of hte music drives forth, one footstep of many to carry the Scorpion toward it's meaning. With its tail arched high in readiness, he maneuvers patiently under the scorching desert sun, and chooses his prey. He strikes without warning and without remorse. The venom of his sting, true to it's reason; his victom, ever-intoxicated.

INFO: Boy hears girl singing while cookin in a cafe, boy and girl form band and name it "The Loose Salute" they lassoo their friends into joining and playing a plethora of instruments to create the sound you hear here. The Salute released a one off limited edtion EP for Best Before Records in late 2004 called "Suck It Up Buttercup". Since then the band have been hibernating in the studio with hot-shot engineer Gareth Parton (The Beta Band, The Go Team, The Pipettes, Mojave3) and producer Pritpal Soor creating their opus. The set of 11 songs tries to encapsulate togetherness, loneliness, love and lost loves, surfing, partying, wanderlust, home-cookin, beaches, fields, stars and bars. The said album is NOW available in the US on Graveface Records . thanks for being friendly, enjoy and stay tuned to this frequency for updates...